Milking-stool



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Milking Stool.

Ne. 238,121'. Patented Feb. 22,1881.

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MPETERS, PHOTG-UTNOGRPHER. WASHINGTON. l!4 C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM G. HYDER, OF PLAINWELL, MICHIGAN.

MlLKlNG-STOOL.

l SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,121, dated February 22, 1881.

Application led December 31, 1880.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. Hanna, of Plainwell, Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Milking Stools, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to milking-stools constructed with a support or bench for holding thepail above the ground and a seat for the milknian, all in one device. It has for its object improvements in the construction, whereby the weight of the milkman sitting on the seat causes the device to securely hold the pail in place on its supports, and whereby the device automatically operates to free the pail when the milkman vacates said seat.

The construction of a device embodying my improvements consists in a bench, on the front end of which the pail is located, with an elastic confining bar or rod made of spring metal or its equivalent. 0n the other end of the bench a stand is located, rigidly secured to said bench. Above the stand is a seat, provided with a pendent pintle, which passes down through a hole in the stand and bench, and loosely located in the saine. The pintle has a spiral spring around its lower portion, so arranged that it elevates the scat above the stand when the stool is not in use, and allows it to rest on said stand when occupied by theinilkman. A chain or cord connects with the pintle, and with eyes in the ends of the continingbar around the pail, said cord passing over a leverage-pulley in the front part or leg of the stand.

In the accompanying drawings, forming al construction of legs provides the stool with the advantageous effect of four legs, to prevent it from upsetting, and yet approximating the results effected in a three-legged stool when located on uneven ground. The legs F F extend up through the bench A and help sup- (No model.)

port the stand G. Post E is set at an oblique angle with legs F F and post L, in order to brace the stand. D is the seat; fv, the pintle, with springs, having shoulder 'i resting on its upper end, the lower end of said spring resting on the bench A. The stand G and seatD incline slightly to the rearward, though said incline has no particular bearing-on the successful operation of my device. c is the cord or chain, secured to the pintle N by a staple, or by tying it around said pintle under shoulder i. e is the pulley in post L. r r are the elastic metal bars, secured to and supporting the confining-bar co around pail B. Eyes or rings c c are formed in the ends of rod a, through which chain eis located, as shown in Fig. 2. In this Iigure a top view of a lower socket of pail Bis shownoli dotted line in Fig. 1.

ln the operation of the device, as the milkman sits on seat D, he places the pail in place on bench A, when, by his Weight, the seat and pintle is forced down till said seat rests on stand C. This draws on cord c, which causes confining-rod ato rigidly engage the pail. When the milkman rises from the seat, spring s raises it up again, which slackeus cord c, and as bars r r and rod a are made of elastic material, the rigid engagement of the rod a is removed from tue pail, thus automatically freeing it.

What I claim isl. In a milking-stool constructed with bench A and stand U, the seat D, with shouldered pintle o and spring s, in combination with elastic bars r r and elastic rod a, and cord or chain c, passingover pulleye in post L, and connecting with said pintle and contining-rod,all substantially as set forth and shown.

2. The bench and stand and seat, with pendent pintle and spring, the elastic confiningrod, and elastic bars, said rod connecting with the pintle by means of a cord or chain passing through the post, all in combination, substantially as set forth, for the object specified.

WILLIAM G. HYDER.

Witnesses:

PHILLIP SoHAU, I. L. WEST. 

